Former basketball star set to auction off Olympic gold medal
By Gary Anderson
August 13 -
American basketball great Jerry Lucas is set to auction off his 1960 Olympic gold medal which is expected to sell for at least $250,0000 (£161,000/€189,000) as part of a number of pieces of memorabilia from his career in the sport.
August 13 -
American basketball great Jerry Lucas is set to auction off his 1960 Olympic gold medal which is expected to sell for at least $250,0000 (£161,000/€189,000) as part of a number of pieces of memorabilia from his career in the sport.
August 8 - Andy Murray's historic triumph at Wimbledon has been commemorated by the Royal Mail, who have issued a special set of stamps.
July 6 - With exactly one month to go until the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Championships in Budapest, a special stamp has been released to mark the occasion, with just 200,025 copies released.
June 30 - A London 1948 Olympic Torch found in a British charity shop has sold for £300 ($452/€352) at auction.
June 17 - A British antique dealer who picked up a London 1948 Olympic Torch for £20 ($31/€24) in a charity shop is set to make a big profit when the historic lot goes to auction this week.
May 5 - Jamaica has released a set of commemorative postage stamps to mark their groundbreaking success at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
March 20 - Ok, so we thought the Games were over, the ODA wrapped up and all those internal pins had been seen - how wrong we were!
January 29 - Thanks to someone who pointed out that the EDF Union Flag pin (EDF0012) listed on the catalogue comes in two varieties.
November 29 - Ian Kershaw of Pinvin, Worcestershire, has been crowned winner of insidegamescollectings My Favourite Pin Story competition earning himself £800 ($1,300/€1,000) worth of official limited edition London 2012 pins.
November 1 - insidegamescollecting's summer My Favourite Pin Story competition has now officially closed, with the much anticipated winner set to be announced.
October 24 - The countdown has begun, as in one week the winner of the My Favourite Pin Story competition will be unveiled – claiming £800 ($1,300/€990) worth of official limited edition London 2012 pins.
October 15 - It seems that more of the elusive venue collection pins have appeared at Glamorous Living.
September 20 - You wait ages for a jigsaw set to appear, and then two come along at once.
September 19 - The Games may be over, but one of the best sets of pins we have seen (in our opinion) has been released - a puzzle/jigsaw set of the UK.
September 15 - The 70,000 Games Maker volunteers, so widely praised for helping to make the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games a huge success, are set to be honoured with a special limited edition stamp, the Royal Mail have announced.
